"the brown envelope"

Today we got "the brown envelope" in the mail. It comes from the US consulate in Guangzhou, China. The DHS (Department of Homeland Security - Immigration) forwarded our adoption approval to them. This envelope contains the forms that we'll need in China to complete the adoption of our daughter as well as our case number. The papers in here isn't particularly significant but it's nice to know that our paperwork was received at the consulate in China.

LID (Log in date)!

We received an email today with our official log in date - December 5, 2005. The current best estimate for referrals is 8-9 months so we'll be looking at August/September for our referral. In the meantime, we're keeping busy with work and doing fun stuff at home like hanging pictures in the baby's room. We have lots of waiting to do yet!